Since the New Orleans Saints extended a $1.671 million qualifying offer to Josh Hill two weeks ago, they will have five days to match the offer sheet from the Chicago Bears, who offered him a three-year contract on Tuesday. It is uncertain how much the deal is for at the moment.
Source: the Bears have signed Saints RFA TE Josh Hill to an offer sheet. New Orleans has 5 days t match.
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After signing tight end Coby Fleener in free agency and re-signing Michael Hoomanawanui after Benjamin Watson left to join the Baltimore Ravens, the position isn’t the biggest of worries anymore.